Vehicle-lamp.



CHARLES MCKEEVEE,-F JERSEY CITY, NEYW JERSEY.

VEHCLELMP.

Application filed 'March 12, 1937.

To all fio/'tom it may concern.'

Be it known that l, CrtAnLns MURI-zeven, a citizen of the United States, residing in Jer1- sey City, in the county ot Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented an Improve ment in Vehicle-Lamps, of which the 'follow ing is the specification.

tleretot'ore in the construction oit vehicle lamps ot the class to which this invention re lates, it has been customary to employ a lamp case and a reiiector within the saine in order to direct therays 0f light in the required direction. It has also been proposed to so construct a vehicle lamp that the light and the socket in which the same is normally contained may be removed from their places in the lamp and employed for lighting purposes when making repairs to the parts ot the vehicle on the road at night or at other places where a separate light is not readily available. The former feature of vehicle lamps is a matter ot' general common knowledge, and an instance of the latter feature is shown and described in my cti-pending ap plication, Serial No. 148,014, tiled February l2 1917.

zlhe object of my present invention is the provision of a vehicle lamp in which the shell or casin employed is made to act not only as such, iut also as a reflector, and one in which this shell is adapted to receive and contain a socket in which a light bulb is fitted at one end and a lead plugat the other end, so that the entire structure may be re;

movably connected to a post or other support t and employed for lighting when making repairsy on the road or at other places, when a separate light is not available, and without removing the lamp bulb and its fixtures from the lamp shell or trame. in carrying out my invention, I preferably employ a lamp shell or trame, the inner surface ot which is polished or otherwise titted to act as a reiector and which axially is provided'with a tubular extension adapted lto be removably connected in a post or other snpport. The tubular extension is also made to receive anthgontnin a socket one end of which is constructedo hold the base of a light bulb while-the otheris adapted to receivel a .plug connecting 'with"-\leads from any suitable source v of electricity. rlhe lamp made in accordance with my present invention will be hereinafter more particularly described.

'lin the drawing:

Figure lis a partial elevation andcentra'l Specification of Letters atent.

ilo this end Patented dana @9 11918.

Serial No. 154,155.

axial cross section of a vehicle lamp made in accordance with my present invention;

Fig. 2 is asimilar view showing the parts removed from the post or other support.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the lamp bulb, the

socket and the plus. showing: these arts in a v i ip, V

their separate relatlonship.

Fig. e is a View similar to Fig. 1 i1lustret ing another form of the invention, and

F 5 is a partial plan View illustrating the manner in which the cup member is Secured in position in its socket inthe form 0f the invention shown in Fig. el.

Referring to the drawing and more particularly to Figs. 1, 2, and 3, it will be seen that in carrying out my invention I employ a lamp shell or frame 10 which may be made of sheet metal or any other suitable material 1n a desired eonguration and provided with a rim 11 which may be suitably` attached thereto in order to hold and main.

tain a lens in positionB The inner surface of the shell l10 is suitably polished, silvered, or otherwise finished, to act as a reectorrthereby dispensingl with a separate part for performing the reflector function. Axially the,v`

shell 10 is fitted with a tubular extension 12 adapted to be received in a bore 13 provided A therefor in a post 14. This post 14:' as will be understood, may be suitably secured in any desired position in or to a vehicle, and as herein diagrammatically illustrated,`acts as a suitable support for the lamp and associated parts. n

The outer end of the tubular extension 12 \is preferably of reduced diameter thereby will be understood, bfy loosening the set.

screw they may 'be readily removed from their normal positions in the post.

Within the tubular-extension 12 employ a socket 1725 Centrally. this may be provided as illustrated with plug 18 in which there are spring contacts 19 and'QO adapted to complete the necessary electrical connections to and from the lamp bulb. This socketA 1'? los ispreferably secured in `position in the tubular extension 12by means of a setA screw 21 passing through the tubular extension 4adjacent the point from which the same branches from the shell 10. The socket l17 at lone end is slotted as indicated at 22 so a's to receive the pins 23 extending laterally from the-'base 24 of an electric lamp bulb 25. The base 24 is adapted to be inserted into this end of the socket against the yielding action'of the spring contacts 20 whichv bear against the lamp terminals 26 when the lamp is in position to maintain the lamp in place and also to complete the velectric circuitto and from the lamp filament. Similarly the opposite end of the'socket 17 is slotted as indicated at 27 so as to receive the pins 28 projecting laterally from a `lead plug 29 which is maintained in position by means of the yielding contacts 19 bearing against the plug terminals 28 to complete the circuit to the lamp from 'the leads 30 connecting the plug with a suitable source of electricity.

As shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the shell 10 may be provided 'With a cup socket 31 adapted to receive the rim 32 of a cup member 33 which Whenin position surrounds the lamp bulb 25. This cup member, as Will be understood,v may bemade of translucent glass'or other similar material so as to obviate the glare resulting from the direct rays `ais the. positions shown in either Figs.. 1 or 4 depending upon Which form of the invention is employed. Also, that 'When necessary the lamp may be removed from the post or other means of support by loosening the setl screw, after having disconnected the lead plug 29, and' then the lamp and associated parts may be Withdrawn from the post or other support and the lead plug placed in position again as shownin Fig, 2 When'the entire lamp, including ofcourse the frame, its extension, the socket and parts connected therewith, may be employed asa light in making repairs when an independent sourceof light is not available I claim as my invention:

l. .In a vehicle lamp and in combination, a shell having an axial extension, a support member adapted to receive the said axial extension, means adjustable exteriorly of the support for securing the axial extension in position therein, a socket member tting Within .and'extending through the said axial extension and adapted at its inner end to receive the base of a lamp bulb and at its outer end to receive a lead' plug, and means adjustable exteriorly of the axial extension and passing through the same to engage the socket member to normally secure the same in position relatively to the said shell and its axial extension.

2. In a vehicle lamp and in combination, a

.shell having an integral axial extension, a

support adapted to receive the said `axial extension, a set screw for securing the axial extenslon in position on lthe support, a

socket member fitting Within the axial extension, and a set screw for normally maintaining the socket. member'in position relatively to the shell and its axial extension.

3. In a vehicle lamp and in combination, a shell having an integral axial extension, a

support adapted to receive the said axial,

extension, a set screw for securing the axial extension in position on the support, a socket member fitting Within the axial extension, a set screw nfor normally maintaining the socket member in position relatively to the shell and its axial extension, a Contact plug fixed Within the socket member, a lamp bulb adapted to be received in the inner end of the socket member, and a lead plug adapted y to be secured in the outer end of the member. Signed by me this 1st day of March, 1917.

CHARLES ,MCKEEVER 

